Which of the following characterized the railroads before the Civil War?
a) They were designed more to protect local interests.
b) Large railroad companies absorbed small railroad companies.
c) Railroads adopted standard schedules, signals, and equipment.
d) The majority of railroads extended more than 50 miles.
a) They were designed more to protect local interests.
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A) Southern weather prompted black westerners to move to the South. B) Southern food motivated black westerners to move to the South. C) Southern white corporations lobbied Congress to force blacks to migrate westward. D) Southern racism motivated blacks to migrate westward.
The American public distrusted Gerald Ford as president because he __________.
A. had a liberal voting record in Congress B. could not solve the nation's economic problems C. had gotten rich on Wall Street D. pardoned Nixon of possible federal crimes
What were the most important factors that enabled the Bolsheviks to seize power?
What will be an ideal response?
Frei's policy toward labor unions was to
A) express sympathy. B) try to organize them into one major national organization. C) suppress strikes. D) try to work with the Socialist party.